Apparatus for employment in treating flax and the like fibers.



, 4;. sumE! APPARATUS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN TREATINGv FLAX AND THE LIKE FIBERS.

I APPLICATION FILEDJUNE3,t914. 1,191,245. Y PatentedJuly 18,1916

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0. SUTTIE. I APPARATUS FQR EMPLOYMENT IN TREATING FLAX AND THE LIKE FIBERS, Patented July18, 1916.

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APPLICATION FILED TUNE 3. 1914'.

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Be it. known that I,-CHARLns\SUT:riE, fa

,citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, andres ding at Auckland, -:1n theProv ncial District otAiickland, in the Dominiontof The invent I ;ph'orrn-ium, t nax fiber, and fiber bearing leaves, sta-l s ;and the like,*. and provides I means "wh machines for car v the treatment, whefeby such material can be urned andachange of hold efiected I tinu us traveling conveye'r of I'the belt .type passing aroundhorizontal pulleys and carrying a plurality of bracketswith holders thereto, each holder beingadapted to turn in its bracket and'ihaving a holdingmember on which the materialis placed and a gripping member designedto grip the material against the holding meinber, the gripping. member being designed to rlse and fall where required, guides-for raising and keeping raised the gripping member when it is i desired to open-and'keep open the holder in j i i order to' permitthe material to ,be'placed 1n,

drawn through, or removed from the holder,

" v veya'n'ce" or operation by the dressing-machine a ,member 'on' the holder adapted to j engage fixed members so, as to turni the holder whengdesired to perimt dlffer'ent I 'faceslor portions of the naterial to be treated in succession'by' a dressing machine, :a

guide "tokeep the; holders fronrturning ex cept jwhjere desired, and zi -detaining device for eng'agingand gripping one part oituthe materialwhen the holder opens and releases its hold on the material and for-releasing the so I renewed its-grip fiat, another portion invthe material when 'the holder-has passed on and length of themateriah ii The invention is -"llustrated in the panying drawings';in whichzl r Figure 1*, is a diagrammatm plan of the apparatus, Fig.2, is a cross sectional-elevas eat-Luisa nmat s rash; i

'on-relatesto the treatment of ebysaid ,material is'held and, conveyed, andv particularly while being .1 treated by a dressingm'achine or a series of yingotit different steps in invent-ioneomprises a supported contion onalarger scale on line l- A,Fig. 1,

3, isanelevationjof a'guide, Fig. 4, a 81(k) elevation of change grip apparatus, F g. 5, a. perspectiveelevationof a hook, v vFig. 6, a plan of turning apparatus, Fig. 7

. a side elevationof guide rails.

An endless conveyer belt :1, passes around horizontalrollers 2 andl3 a-ndjin front of 1,0 runsand supports the bracket 6 and itsattachments. A lower arni 13 of, the bracket 1s-formed with a toe 14,.which. is ,slidable beof the said board. I ,7 1

fixed to, and continuous around the inside A sleeve l6ajournaled in the bracket 6 is supported by a collar 17 which is fixed to-theysaid sleeve and rests uponthe top of the bracket, andj aboye the said collar a pinion 18, fixed to the sleeve, fis adapted to gear with racks :19 fixed at -'required positio'ns to a. support 20 and with other racks 19 fixed to-a support20, whieh is carried upon, standards 20". -Thesupport-.20 is continuous, is located above and corresponds in shape to; the board ll, and is -carried by standardsQOK' striker arm is a suitable substitute for-the pin-ion 18, and, studs for the racks 19L Ablock 21 fixedf to the sleeve 16 is sided and slidesalong the face of the ,supp.ort 20, which has recessesl22 wherein the block may turn, when the pinion 18 is operated byanyof the-racks 19 and 19 The block prevents the pinion 18 from turnin g except whenrequired, and holdsthe said pinion in correct position,v so that its teeth shall always engage accurately. with the racks 19 and 19%;.1he proportion between wthe niunbernof teethin eachQr'ack and the passing and operated by arack,

- The'lowerend ofthe 'sl'eeiie is provided with, and forms the', stem 'of, a double or number ofv teeth in the 'pinion'is arranged "so astogive the necessary quarter or half turn asmay berequlredto the pin on when tween th'e boardll and'a rabbeted bar 15 bifurcate d hook 23 forhol'dingithe material,

' ""Aspindle or .rod" 2 i, slidable' vertically in the'sleeve 16, has-a foot or'wedgef 25 gmounted upon a pivot 25 integral with the end of the spindle and the said block is slidable between the bifurcations of the hook 23, which are extended up the heel of the hook and form a guide for the wedge. The wedge isturnable on the pivot and turns with the hookj23. An arm 26, fixed to the spin die :24 is slidable vertically in a forked guide 28 of a standard 29 integral with the bracket 6. A friction wheel 27 is mounted freely on a pivot 27 integral with the arm 26. The weight of the spindle 24; and its associated parts tend to force the wedge 25 to the bottom of the hook 23. The standard 29 is c anked as shown in Fig. 6 around the block 21 to permit'the pinion 18 to pass to the racks 19. A guide rail 30 having a sloping face 31, up which wheel 27 runs and a level face 32 on which the wheel runs. is provided wherever required upon the support 20, to raise and keep raised the wedge 25; and the said guide rail is provided with another sloping face 33 down which the wheel 27 runs whenever it is desired to force the wedge :25 to the bottom ofthe hook 23.

"Guides 3 suspended by bolts 3% from supports 31t fixed to-extensions ofthe standards 20? prevent the wheel 27, and thereby the wedge block 25, from rising while the materialis being treated, and springs 35 between the guides 3e and the supports-3&

allow the said guide to yield to varying-sizes of lOadsplaced on the hook 23. I

A bar 36 fixed at a lower level than the V hook 23 has a pivoted arm 37 terminating in a prong 38, which normally projects above the line of the top ofthebar 36, the prong being arranged so that it passes between the bifurcations of the hook 23 in its travel; A

and 39, upon the other side of the bar is pivoted to the arm 37 by a stud 37 which passes through a curved slot 41 in the bar 36. The

other end of the rod 39 is pivoted to a lever 42. A spring 43 keeps the lever 42 in its normal position against a stop 44..

The dressing machine 4 has a concave 5 and a single drum divided into Sections. and the first section-t5 is furnished with scrapersor heaters 46, a section 47 is not provided with scrapers and is quite plain. a third-section 48 has scrapers or heaters 49. One portion of the material is directed into the dressing machine by a guide 50 mmsisting of a pointed bar or bracket, fixed to the concave 52 and projecting at an angle therefrom into the path of the holders. The material is treated while passing across section 45, the grip of the wedge 25 andthe hook 23 upon the material 1S changed while the material is passing across section t7,

. section 48. After the holder passes section 45 a guide 59, similar in construction to .the

guide 50, directsthe outer portion of the material so that it. engages the prong 3S, and another similar guide 58 directs the untreated part of the material to section +8 of the machine. The concave .52 is removed from the front of section 47. or slots 52 and 52 may be provided through the concave opposite such section to allow the material to passrespectively from and to the drum. I

In operation the material to be treated is placed upon the hooks 23 at a spot remote from the dressing machine, where the wheel '27 is riding on the face of the guide rail 30. As each holder passes on, its wheel 27 runs down the incline 33 thereby allowing the wedge to grip the material between the prongs of the hook the wedge being kept in position by the weight of the spindle 24 and itsassociated parts and by the pressure on the wheel :27 of the guide rail 3t under the action of the springs Thus the material is held firmly and so that it does not slip from or through the holder while being treated by the sections 45 and lb of the dressing machine drum. The hook '33 is carried along by the belt 1 and the material or that portion of the-same hanging from the side of the hook nearest the'drum is guided into and tr alted by section 45 of the dressing machine drum and after passing such section 4:?) the wheel 2? arrives at another guide rail 30. up which it travels raising the wedge 25 and thereby loosening the grip upon the material. Simultaneously that portion of the untreated material hanging fromthe side of-thc hook 23 remote from the drum'is directed by the guide .39 to the prong 38 by which it is held against the side of the bar 36.

The hoo'k- 23 continuing. its travel across the dressing machine and the untreated portion of the material being held by the-prong 38. the treated portion of the material slips through the hook. and at the required time, when a suliicient length of the, treated material has slipped. the pinion 18 is engaged by a rack 19 and the hook 23 is turned and its heel comes into contact with and pushes forward the lever 42 thereby causing the prong 33 to pass forward and below the level of the top of the bar 36 and so become di engaged from the material. Sinmltaneously the wheel '27 desccndingthe face 33 of the guide rail 30 causes the edge 27 to descend and grip the material on the hook 23 at a fresh position in the length of the treated material. The portion ot the material which was remote from the drum while passing the section -t5.'and that portion which was originally held by the hook and could not therefore be treated. is directed by guide 58 to section 48 of the d ressing machine. After passing.scctimi"49 the wheel .3? arrives at another guide rail 30 1113 T 1 I as sloping ee jl dfwhich it was; t re y Opening the holder reru1e-purpbseefi enabling the material-tobe removed. C on,

;.tinuinggit's travel'th'holderis'turnedagain g '5 soastobe openand'readyto'beloaded 'once fl f E 1' The tfurriin whererequ'ired byj'the pinion 18 'being engaged by; asrack v19 or 19", the angles,ofthe bloclr21 passingiinto a fr'ecess 22 allow the bl'ockto make the necessary turn. The angle v y to vwhichithe hook is turned by the-different racks is -indi-cated {by horse-shoe shaped I :dottedlines'60; i a

4 v I do not'confinemyselflto theprecise ar-l rangement of apparatus described above as v ri such arrangements may -'befva'r1ed m-ma'ny ways wlthout departing fromthe] sp rit or the invention. I

'What'-'I d'oclaim and desire to v 1. In apparatusforthe treatment of fiber-;

bearing material, a:- horizontally arranged" endlessconveyer, a dressing drum located adjacentone stretch of said conveyor, and having two operating sections spaced apart, a holder for holding the material durirg its -movement past both of said sections and attached'to said ,conveyer, and means, for turning the holder as it passes from one of said sections to the other. 2. In apparatus for the treatment offiberbearing material, a horizontally arranged endless conveyer, a dressing drum located adjacent one stretch of said conveyer,.and having two operating sections spaced apart, a holder for holding the material during itsmovement past both of said sections and attachedto said conveyer, means for turning 40 the holder, and means for opening and closing theholder.

3. 'In apparatus for the treatment of fiberbearing material, a horizontally arranged endless conveyer, a' dressing drum located adjacent one stretch ofsaid conveyer, and

having two operating sections spaced apart-,

a holder for holding the 'material during its movement past both of said sections and attached to said conveyer, means for turning "the holder, means for opening and closing the holder, and means for changing the position of the grip of the holder on thematerial.

4. In apparatus for the treatment of fiberbearing material, a horizontally arranged endless conveyer, a dressing drum located adjacent one stretch of said conveyor, a vertically disposed holder for the material having a hook at its lower end, means for gripping the -material in the hook, and means for rotating the holder at desired intervals.

5. In apparatus for the treatment of fiberbearing material, a horizontally arranged endless con'veyer, a dressing drum located a sea-hat as is Greets-a 'dle downwardly.l ecure by 7 Letters Patent of the United States. is

' li at 'gwi h tion, of the holder" excepting altf'the' desired intervals, v v

I =6. 'In apparatus for the treatment of fiberbearingf material, a horizontally, arranged endless conveyor, a dressing vdrunr located adjacent one stretch of'said, conveyer, avertically disposed-holder'for the material com prising a sleeve member having a'h ook-at its 0 lower end, a spindle 'slidablei; in, said sleei e member and having a wedge member at its lower end, and means for "pressingth'e" spinendless conveyer, dressing drum located adjacent one stretch of said conveyor, a vertically disposed holder for. the material comprising a sleeve member having a-hook at 9 its lower end, a spindle slidable in said sleeve member and. having a Wedge member at its lower end, means for pressing the spindle downwardly, and meansfor ra1s1ng said .Wedge member comprising a wheel mounted 95 onthe spindle and guide rails with'sloping faces adapted to engage said wheel.

8. In apparatus of the kind described, a

holder comprising a holding member on which material of the kind specified is-l placed, a gripping member designed to grip the material against the holding\member and to rise and fall when requiredfguide rails for raising and'loavering the gripping l member'and other gii'ide rails for holding the holder and gripping members together and apart, means for traveling the holder, a detaining device for engaging and gripping one part of the material when the holder releases its hold on the material, and for re-'1.10

leasing-the material when the holder has passed on and renewed 1ts grip at another I position in the length of the material.

9. In apparatus of the kind described, an endless traveling belt, a plurality of brackets 1135 fixed thereto, holders for holding material of thekind specified'and adapted to turn in the brackets, fixed members against which ,members of the holders will engage, a guide to keep the holders from turning except when desired, a movable gripper on the holder,

a. member connected to the movable gripper, fixed guide rails in the travel of the member to raise or lower or to keep raised or keep lowered such member and movable gripper! 1225' 7. In apparatus fortheitreatment' offiberbearing material, a horizontally arranged holder For holding material of the kind specified and comprising a sleeve provided with a gripping hook, a bracket havingupper and lower membersin which the sleeve is journaled, means for traveling the holder, a pulley freely'mounted on said upper member, a rail on which the pulley runs, a toe upon the lower member, and a support carrying a bar having a rabbet in which the toeslides; v

11. In apparatus of the kind described, a traveling holder for holding material of the kind specified and comprising a sleeve provided with a bifurcated hook, a rod slidable in the .sleeve and furnished with a wedge. fitting between the sides of the hook, a wheel mounted upon an arm fixed to the rod, guide rails for the wheel, and means for turning the holder.

12. In apparatus of the kind described,

a holder for holding material of the kind specified and comprising .a sleeve provided wlth a holding member, a bracket having up per and lower members 1n which the sleeve is 13.. In apparatus of the kind described having a traveling holder adapted to grip the material being treated, a prong plvoted upon a stationary'part of the appz'nratus and adapted to engage said material when it comes opposite thereto, and a spring operated lever connected to said prong and operated by said holder to release the prong from the material after the latter has been displaced relativelyv to the holder.

In testimony whereof 'I have signed my name tothis specification in the presence of two witnesses.

CHAR-LES SUTTIE. lVitnesses v Moiv'me HARRISON IVYMYARI), ETHEL FRANCES COURTNEY. 

